How to install Rider on Ubuntu

JetBrains Rider is an IntelliJ platform and ReSharper-based /o .NET IDE. The Rider allows you to browse, modify, create, execute, and debug most types of.NET programs, including desktop apps, online apps, libraries, and services. However, Rider does not support debugging UMP applications. In this article, we will be going through the installation of the Rider application on the Ubuntu operating system.

Installation of Rider on Ubuntu

We can install the Rider application via 2 different methods. 

• Installation through GUI mode.
• Installation through Terminal mode.

Let’s go through both methods one by one.

Method 1: Installation through GUI mode

Step 1: Rider may be obtained by going to JetBrains’ official website at https://www.jetbrains.com  and choosing Developer Tools > Rider using your preferred web browser.

Step 2: From the panel, pick the Download option.

Step 3: Double-check that Linux is selected. Then click on DOWNLOAD.

Step 4: Your browser will urge you to save the file. Simply click OK after selecting Save File.

Step 5: As you can see, the Rider archive is being downloaded.

Method 2: Installation through Terminal mode

Step 1: To begin, navigate to the /Downloads directory using the following command:

cd Downloads

Step 2: Now you can see the Rider archive file that we just downloaded. Make a note of the filename. Use the following command to list the files.

ls -lh

Step 3: Run the following command to extract the contents of the archive to the /opt directory.

tar -xvf JetBrains.Rider-2022.1.1.tar.gz

Step 4: Once the archive has been extracted, a new directory should be created within the /opt directory, as seen in the picture below. Keep in mind the directory’s name.

cd 'JetBrains Rider-2022.1.1'/bin/

Step 5: To launch Rider, run the following command into Terminal:

./Rider.sh